Barca continued to decline after Messi left, and defending champions Atletico Madrid were always in a difficult state to continue, and in the case of the two competitors killed by the previous three countries were in trouble, Real Madrid began to storm after losing to Espanyol. After losing to Espanyol, Real Madrid's schedule is actually very tight, away against Barca, home against Vallecano, Sevilla, away to Real Sociedad, and then today at home against Atletico, these 5 opponents are all top 8 teams.
Today they continued the good momentum, in the 15th minute, Modric broke the ball at the back of the field to instigate a quick counterattack, Casemiro received the ball straight, Benzematze should then obliquely plug the right side, Asensio received the ball and then straight, Vinicius inserted the up and down backward triangle at high speed to pick up the middle road, Benzema in front of the penalty point to meet the ball directly sideways volley, the ball should be sounded into the net, Real Madrid this wave of counterattacks like a stream of water to take the lead in the goal 1:0.
Trailing shortly after the start, Atletico stepped up their attack and in the 22nd minute, Cork's long-range shot deflected off the goalpost. In the 34th minute, Atletico madrid won a very good free kick opportunity on the right side of the penalty area, Griezmann took a strong shot, the ball went around the wall and hung straight into the dead corner of the goal, but goalkeeper Courtois bravely saved the ball. Although Atletico also had a chance, they failed to grasp it, and Real Madrid led by one goal at half-time.
Both sides made substitutions, with Jovic coming off the bench to replace Benzema, Atletico on the Side with Felix, and Lemar replacing Griezmann and Carrasco. In the 56th minute, Real Madrid launched an attack at the back, Kroos, Jovic moved the ball to the left, Vinicius inserted the ball and cut inside to adjust the cross, the front point Jovic missed, the back point Asensio met the ball and swept to the ground, the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, the first and second half of the game were seized, Real Madrid led 2:0.
Atletico's side is still difficult to score, Suarez also came off the bench, in the 66th minute, Atletico pressed on the right, Llorente threw off the defensive 45-degree angle of the cross, Militang broke the ball just in front of Suarez, but Suarez was caught off guard and blocked the ball out of the bottom line. After that, Atletico still lacked the skills to break the goal, and finally Real Madrid won 2-0 at home to Atletico to win 7 consecutive games, and remained unbeaten in the last 9 rounds of 8 wins and 1 draw. After today's derby with Atletico, Real Madrid won all five of the top 8 teams in this wave of fixtures, plus the previous defeats against Betis and Valencia. In the first half, Real Madrid maintained a full victory against the other 7 teams in the top 8 of La Liga, and the champions at Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Real Sociedad all lost to Real Madrid, and it can be said that the Real Madrid championship was revealed.